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Canadian Reference Centre from Ebsco. Be sure to include "Canada" in your keyword searches. Click on link below to begin.

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Primary Sources

Getting Started: What is a Primary Source?
Primary and Secondary Sources from the Archives of Ontario

Print

Labour and Social Reform 331.8 BAR
The Economy: From Farms to Cyberworld 330.971 WRI
The Depression Years: Canada in the 1930's 330.971 MEN
Great Canadian Speeches 815 GRE
Great Canadian Speeches: Words that Changed a Nation 815 GRE

Links to Primary Sources
Letters from the Great Depression
Dear Mr. Prime Minister(from Canada: A People's History)
The Great Depression Related Photos(Statistics Canada)
The Glenbow Museum

The Way We Were Political Cartoons from The Scoop Shovel contains political cartoons that appeared in the newsletters of prarie farmers' newsletter. Scroll down to see cartoons.

Seconary Sources__

Historica
This is a searchable database of resources that includes The Canadian Encyclopedia Online and featured articles from MacLean's.
1929 to 1939 The Great Depression
Provides an overview of key economic events in Canada during the Great Depression
Hard Times
From the CBC series Canada: A People's History
Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online This link will take you to the biography of Richard Bedford Bennett. Hit the Search button to research other key personalities of the time.